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Communications Act 2003, Section 402 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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402Power of Secretary of State to make orders and regulationsU.K.
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(1)Every power conferred by this Act on the Secretary of State to make orders or regulations, other than the powers conferred by Schedule 4, is a power exercisable by statutory instrument.
(2)A statutory instrument containing an order or regulations made in exercise of any such power, other than—
(a)an order under section 31 or 411,
(b)an order containing a direction under section 156, or
(c)any order that is required, by any provision of this Act, to be laid before Parliament and approved in draft,
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(3)Every power of the Secretary of State to make an order or regulations under this Act, other than an order under section 31 or 411 or an order made in exercise of a power conferred by Schedule 4, includes power—
(a)to make different provision for different cases (including different provision in respect of different areas);
(b)to make provision subject to such exemptions and exceptions as the Secretary of State thinks fit; and
(c)to make such incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional provision as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
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